[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1250.357]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1250_EGG RESEARCH AND PROMOTION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart_Egg Research and Promotion Order
 
Sec. 1250.357  Suspension and termination.

    (a) The Secretary shall, whenever he finds that this subpart or any 
provision thereof obstructs or does not tend to effectuate the declared 
policy of the act, terminate or suspend the operation of this subpart or 
such provision.
    (b) The Secretary may conduct a referendum at any time, and shall 
hold a referendum on request of 10 percent or more of the number of egg 
producers voting in the referendum approving this subpart, to determine 
whether egg producers favor the termination or suspension of this 
subpart, and the Secretary shall suspend or terminate such subpart at 
the end of 6 months after he determines that suspension or termination 
of the subpart is approved or favored by a majority of the egg producers 
voting in such referendum who, during a representative period determined 
by the Secretary, have been engaged in the production of commercial 
eggs, and who produced more than 50 percent of the volume of eggs 
produced by the egg producers voting in the referendum.

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